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Gulpin in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: locations, stats and moves

Find Gulpin’s Ruby/Sapphire encounters, original Poison typing, Generation III stats, ability slots, evolutions, breeding and exact-version moves.

Edition covered

Original Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version for Game Boy Advance. Version-specific encounters and story roles are labelled. Emerald and the Nintendo 3DS remakes have separate rules and progression.

01

Generation III identity and base stats

Gulpin is Hoenn #095 and National #316. Its original Ruby/Sapphire typing is Poison. The picture and base stats describe its original Generation III form on Game Boy Advance. Later Fairy typing, stat increases and evolutions are excluded.

Base stats describe the species; level, IVs, EVs and nature determine an individual’s actual battle stats.

Gulpin
Gulpin: original Generation III form, Hoenn #095.
Gulpin original Ruby/Sapphire base stats
StatBase value
HP70
Attack43
Defense53
Sp. Atk43
Sp. Def53
Speed40
Total302
02

Where to obtain it in Ruby and Sapphire

Match the game version, area and method before traveling. Ordinary grass, fishing, gifts, fossil revival and trades are separate acquisition routes.

These records include only Ruby and Sapphire. Story flags, field moves, historical access and exceptional encounters retain their conditions; a listed location is not necessarily open on a new save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries and event access · Gifts, fossils and trades

Gulpin original Ruby/Sapphire encounters
Location / areaVersionMethodLevelCondition
Route 110RubyGrass / cave walking12–13No extra condition recorded
Route 110SapphireGrass / cave walking12–13No extra condition recorded
03

Evolution family and original requirements

Gulpin original Hoenn evolution family
FromIntoRuby / Sapphire method
GulpinSwalotLevel 26

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Trade evolutions require a compatible second game and system. These are original cartridge methods: Feebas uses Beauty, Wurmple uses personality and Nincada can create an extra party member.

All original Hoenn evolution methods

04

Abilities, breeding and training reference

Gulpin original ability slots
AbilitySlot
Liquid OozeRegular slot 1
Sticky HoldRegular slot 2

Ruby/Sapphire have no Hidden Abilities. Many abilities gained additional battle or overworld effects in later games; use the original effect in the linked ability reference.

Gulpin breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Amorphous
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthFluctuating
Base capture rate225 /255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedHp +1

Use the Route 117 Day Care. Eggs hatch at Lv.5; Undiscovered-group Pokémon do not breed. Incense changes the baby result for the Marill and Wobbuffet families. Ruby/Sapphire do not have Emerald’s Everstone nature inheritance or Volt Tackle breeding, and no native Ditto catch is available.

Original breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Ruby and Sapphire level-up moves

Gulpin exact Ruby/Sapphire level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting movePound
6Yawn
9Poison Gas
14Sludge
17Amnesia
23Encore
28Toxic
34Spit Up
34Stockpile
34Swallow
39Sludge Bomb

Every row uses the original Ruby/Sapphire version group. Lv.1 entries include starting or reminder moves; a caught specimen need not know all listed moves. The Fallarbor Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale for an eligible level-up move.

06

Compatible TMs and HMs

Gulpin compatible original machines
MachineMoveTypeOriginal category
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical

Original TMs are consumed after use; HMs are reusable and require the relevant badges for field use. The Lilycove Move Deleter can remove HM moves. Generation III assigns damaging moves by type: Normal, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, Ghost and Steel use Attack; Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Dragon and Dark use Sp. Atk. Status moves remain status moves.

All 50 TM and 8 HM locations

07

Egg moves and original move services

Recorded Ruby/Sapphire Egg moves: Acid Armor, Dream Eater, Pain Split, Smog.

The father passes eligible Egg moves and compatible TM/HM moves; both parents knowing an eligible level-up move can also pass it. The Fallarbor reminder does not teach arbitrary Egg moves. Emerald’s additional move tutors and Battle Frontier are absent from Ruby/Sapphire.

For this Pokémon’s types, damaging Poison moves are physical. A move’s individual modern damage class must not replace the original type rule.

Move Reminder, Deleter and original services

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Gulpin in the illustrated Hoenn Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Gulpin’s exact Ruby or Sapphire location and condition. Original game rules determine evolution, breeding and move damage categories.

References